Ioannes Malak: The Eucharistic Divine Liturgy according to the Rite of the CopticChurch of Alexandria,from: The Eucharistic Liturgy in the Christian East, ed. John Madey, Kottayam-Paderborn, Prakasam-EasternChurches Service, pp.1-34PART I 1. Place of celebration: Ordinarily the Liturgy is celebrated in a consecrated church. It may not becelebrated in private houses without grave reason.1 If such a case occurs, an appropriate place must be chosenand the sacred tablet has to be used always. In one and the same church, several eucharistic celebrations maytake place on the same day by different priests and on different altars (cf. postea).2. Aliturgical days: The Liturgy may be celebrated on all days of the year with the exceptions of followingdays: Monday to Wednesday2 and Friday of the H. Week. On H. Thursday and H. Saturday, the Liturgy islinked with the offices proper to the H. Week in such a manner, that all the priests belonging to the same churchtake part in one unique celebration on these days.3. Time of celebration: Usually the Liturgy is celebrated in the morning, between sunrise and noon time3, but onfasting days, especially during Lent, the Liturgy is delayed, because after the celebration fast can beinterrupted4. With the permission of the local hierarch, it is allowed to celebrate in the afternoon for theconvenience of the faithful who thus can oblige to the prescriptions of the liturgical day which begins at sunset.For the sake of the viaticum, it is allowed to celebrate at any moment of the day or the night.4. Night Celebrations: During the year, the Liturgy is celebrated during night 3 times: on Christmas, Epiphanyand Easter. Nowadays night celebration is also allowed on some other solemn occasions5. In such a case, thecelebration is delayed until after midnight6; the recital of the institution, however, must not necessarily be saidbefore midnight/as the liturgical day is beginning with sunset.5. Frequency of the celebration: The daily celebration of th...